Lynn Green

General Secretary

The General Secretary serves our Union by offering spiritual leadership within the context of the Word and prayer.

The General Secretary is the leader of our Union, both internally in supporting, guiding and encouraging our Associations, Colleges and Churches in mission, and also externally in representing the Union in the UK and abroad, in both Christian and secular settings. Read more...

Ken Benjamin

President

The President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain is elected annually and takes office in May.

The President’s main role is as a communicator / facilitator of our Union’s vision and mission. The President travels around our Union, engaging with local churches, regional Associations and Colleges. Read more...

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Our Union of over 2000 churches is supported by staff in thirteen regional associations and three specialist teams based in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Our six Baptist Colleges prepare men and women for ministry and offer ongoing development and training.

Home Mission Grants are given to support a variety of ministries in and through Baptist churches and chaplains across the country. It also enables all our churches and ministers to be supported and helped through the work of the Regional Associations and the specialist teams in Didcot.

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Safeguarding for the protection of adults and children from harm, abuse or neglect. Every church should adopt safeguarding policy statements for children, young people, and adults at risk. We help churches maintain safe environments for all, with processes to follow should something go wrong, and support for everyone involved.

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Our Resources Library has a wealth of guideline leaflets and information to help you and your church on a range of topics. You can also find a range of booklets, cards and our Baptists Together magazine available to buy from the Online Shop.

The resource features 100 fun and eye-opening experiments graded for mess, danger and difficulty, as well as ‘big thinking’ and ‘big questions’ links to explore the connection between science and faith.

The project’s aim is to demonstrate that science and faith are complementary, and help children and adults appreciate the wonder of creation.

It has been developed with the help of a grant awarded by Scientists in Congregations, and includes input from working scientists and theologians.

Dave leads a Messy Church Science Lab as a part of a monthly Messy Church, and has a background in physics, astronomy, meteorology and climate.

He said, 'Science is fun, a gift from God that brings joy to life, helping us to appreciate his life and love all the more.

'All of us want to share that sense with others, helping them to enjoy the wonder that science reveals all about the world and ourselves, and through it something of the God of life who lies behind it.'

There are more than 3,735 registered Messy Churches throughout the UK in over 20 countries worldwide and an estimated 500,000 people attending each month.

Over half of those that attend a Messy Church have had little or no previous connection with church. Lucy Moore, founder of Messy Church said the organisation wants to give Messy Church leaders the confidence to do riskier hands-on activities, and be happy sharing basic scientific principles along with the biblical theme.

'Messy Churches are hot on discovery, experimentation and exploration; could we encourage even more Messy Church groups to feel confident about using science in the activity time, so that families would understand that the Church celebrates science and rejoices in it?

'Our dream is that in ten years’ time nobody will be saying ‘science and faith don’t mix’ but instead it will be common to hear, ‘I had my first experience of science being fun at my local church.’